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US drones bring fear and firepower to Qaeda war in Pakistan
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 14, 2008Two air-to-ground missiles ripped through the sky before smashing into the house where a Taliban leader with close links to Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was thought to be hiding. "There was a glittering flash of light and a prolonged roar," said Hameedullah Khan, one of the first on the scene of Monday's suspected US drone strike in the Pakistani town of Dande Darpa Khel, near the Afghan ... more US Navy's New Submarine Class Conducts Tomahawk Cruise Missile Launches 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2008The Navy conducted multiple launches of Tomahawk cruise missiles from USS Virginia (SSN 774) in August in the Gulf of Mexico as part of the program's developmental and operational testing efforts. The test launches, the first ever for a Virginia-class submarine, included the launch and extended flight of multiple missiles to demonstrate the Virginia's launch capabilities. "Completing ... more The Woes Of The Great Russian Army Continue Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 12, 2008 On Wednesday Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov addressed the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian Parliament, to inform the deputies about current military development and various problems. Serdyukov had to explain why the Russian army lacked modern weapons during the recent enforcement operation in the former Soviet republic of Georgia in the Caucasus. ... more The Coming War Might Be A Hot One 
Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2008 The Russian five-day blitzkrieg that conquered one-third of Georgia for negligible losses carried a grim warning for the next president of the United States, whether he is John McCain or Barack Obama: Major land wars that could involve U.S. armed forces against formidable opponents are no longer inconceivable. Only last week Adm. Eduard Baltin of the Russian navy publicly warned that ... more 12 Billion Dollar Encore II Program Further Enhances Cybersecurity 
McLean VI (SPX) Sep 15, 2008BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to participate in the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) $12.225 billion Encore II Information Technology Solutions program. As one of 14 large businesses awarded a contract to support the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, the company will provide DISA with network engineering services, systems development engine ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2008 Two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan supersonic bombers landed Wednesday night in Venezuela, where they were personally acclaimed by President Hugo Chavez as heralding the end of Yankee imperialism. The 1,380 miles per hour Tu-160s -- NATO designation Blackjack -- flew into Liberator air base in Venezuela. Fiercely anti-American Chavez greeted them with an address on Venezuelan national ... more NKorea's Kim underwent surgery by Chinese doctors: report 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 14, 2008North Korean leader Kin Jong-Il underwent surgery with help from Chinese military doctors following a stroke last month, a Japanese report said Sunday, citing unnamed Chinese sources. Five Chinese doctors were dispatched by China at North Korea's request to perform surgery after Kim suffered a stroke on August 14, Kyodo News reported, amid media speculation over Kim's health after he failed ... more NATO Blocked In The Caucusus Part One 
Paris (UPI) Sep 12, 2008 As the dust settles on the conflict in South Ossetia -- and as it vanishes progressively from the headlines in the Western press -- one thing has become overwhelmingly clear: The former Soviet republic of Georgia will never join the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and the balance of power in the world therefore has shifted radically as a result of this little six-day war from ... more Kiev accuses Russia of 'destabilising' Ukraine 
Kiev (AFP) Sept 13, 2008Ukraine accused Russia on Saturday of seeking to destabilise the ex-Soviet state, dismissing the idea it was in Moscow's special zone of interest and describing Kiev's EU and NATO ambitions as "irreversible." Ukrainian leaders are concerned that its mainly Russian-populated autonomous region of Crimea may fall under Moscow's influence in the same way as Georgia's breakaway regions of ... more Israel Military To Acquire M72A7s And Patriot Upgrades 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2008The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel of M72A7 Light Anti-Armor Weapons (LAAWs) as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $89 million. The Government of Israel has requested a possible sale of 28,000 M72A7 66mm Light Anti-Armor Weapons (LAAWs), 60,000 ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Sep 12, 2008 One of the casualties of last month's military confrontation between Russia and Georgia has been Western complacency about the security of using Georgia as a transit corridor for energy. Of the five Caspian nations now producing oil and natural gas, neither Russia nor Iran has ever used the Caucasian energy corridor, while Turkmenistan's natural gas exports to potential Western markets remain ... more In Galveston, Ike leaves trail of devastation 
Galveston, Texas (AFP) Sept 14, 2008Pleasure boats thrown out of the water and into the street as if they were toys, destroyed houses and flooded neighborhoods -- Hurricane Ike that passed here Saturday night has devastated this resort community on the Texas Gulf coast. The sky remains cloudy, but it no longer seems threatening. Gusts of wind sweep along the pier, where powerful waves coming from the Gulf of Mexico come to ... more Search widens for survivors of Ike 
Galveston, Texas (AFP) Sept 14, 2008Rescuers Sunday searched Hurricane Ike's trail of destruction and floods for survivors, with fears mounting of a gasoline crunch after the monster storm hammered the US oil hub and left millions without power. Emergency teams backed by dozens of helicopters rescued 940 people along the Texas coast by midday, Houston radio reported, as the search widened for those stranded or missing in ... more One dead in blast at petrochemical plant in China: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2008One worker was killed and two others were missing after an explosion ripped through a petrochemical plant in northeast China Sunday that also caused several injuries, state media said. The blast at the Dengta Jinhang Petrochemical Co., in Jianshanzi village of Liaoning province, occurred around dawn, according to the Xinhua news agency. Windows in buildings near the plant were shattered ... more Art world looks to China to sustain sales boom 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 14, 2008Andy Warhol's pop art portraits, Damien Hirst's kaleidoscopic butterfly wings and Zhang Xiaogang's monochromatic families were on sale this weekend under the Shanghai Exhibition Centre's Soviet spire as the art world looked to China to sustain booming sales. The SH Contemporary art fair, China's largest international exhibition of its kind in its second year, is a front line of the mainland ... more
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